Responsible for processing, embedding, and cutting tissue sections while performing routine and special stains. Manages daily laboratory workflow, maintains equipment, and ensures compliance with accrediting agency standards.
Requirements summary
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Biology or a related field and HTL certification from ASCP BOC within one year. No prior experience is required, but knowledge of human anatomy and safe handling of sharp instruments is essential.
Information: Monday - Friday with rotating weekends and holidays. Pay Range $28.55 - $42.85
Major
Responsibilities: Ensures specimens are properly accessioned, labeled, and suitable for testing. Cuts quality tissue sections with proper thickness as determined by tissue type and places properly on glass slides. Embeds tissue into paraffin blocks. Maintains a filing system for paraffin tissue blocks, slides and wet tissue. Processes tissue using processors to ensure full preservation and infiltration by paraffin. Performs routine and special stains, immunohistochemistry, cover slipping, verification, and distribution of slides. Retrieves and prints computer logs. Manages daily workflow for recuts, special stains, immunohistochemistry, control slides, and send-outs according to established protocols. Performs, documents, and reviews quality control for accuracy and validity. Evaluates quality control results, resolves and documents discrepancies, and takes corrective action under the guidance of key operators, technical specialists or supervisor. Performs and documents cleaning, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of instruments and equipment. Monitors the preventive maintenance program. Assists pathologists during frozen section procedures. Ensures compliance with all accrediting agency standards. Assists in writing new technical procedures and policies and revising current procedures. Assists in improving the quality and efficiency of laboratory procedures, policies, and processes. Acts as a resource and provides technical assistance to pathologists, externs, and other caregivers. Trains and educates externs and new staff; mentors and provides leadership to support staff and other caregivers. Works under minimal supervision, solves technical problems, and evaluates existing and potential laboratory techniques and procedures.
Licensure,
Registration, and/or
Certification
Required: Histotechnologist (HTL) certification issued by the American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP BOC) needs to be obtained within 1 year.
Benefits
Dental Insurance
Life Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
Vision Insurance
Medical Insurance
Short-Term Disability
Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts
Adoption Assistance
Educational Assistance Program
Retirement Plans With Employer Match
Education
Required: Bachelor's Degree in Biology or related field.
Experience
Required: No experience required.
Knowledge,
Skills &
Abilities
Required: Knowledge of human anatomy. Must be detail oriented and have good organizational and communication skills. Must know how to safely handle sharp instruments. Proficient computer skills. Must be able to problem solve.
Physical
Requirements and
Working
Conditions: Sits and stands the majority of the workday as well as walks, lifts, squats, bends and twists throughout. Frequently lifts up to 10 lbs. Will occasionally be required to lift up to 50 lbs. May be exposed to mechanical, electrical, chemical, explosive, radioactive and infectious agents. Will be exposed to human blood, body fluids and tissue. Must wear appropriate lab coat, gloves, gowns and eye and face protection as needed. Must be able to handle stressful situations in a calm and professional manner. May require travel, therefore may be exposed to inclement weather and adverse road conditions. Good manual dexterity. Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job. This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.
Our
Commitment to
You:
Advocate
Health offers a comprehensive suite of
Total
Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including: Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job Incentive pay for select positions Opportunity for annual increases based on performance Benefits and more Paid Time Off programs Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational
Assistance
Program
Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview. About Advocate Health Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits. This is Transformation One shared purpose brought us together. Now, as one of the 10 largest not-for-profit, integrated health systems in the United States, our combined strength and stability drives us forward. Starting with You Caring for nearly 3 million people has inspired a transformation. One in which the patient’s experience guides our vision and empowers us to offer new possibilities in our communities. Reshaping Access What is access? It’s offering more sites of care than any other health system in the Midwest. But there’s a new frontier. Access is exploring the latest technologies to deliver care to patients exactly where they are and exactly when they need it Inspiring Professionals With our dynamically inclusive workforce and strong connections to the places where we live and work, we’ll touch more lives and contribute to stronger and more vibrant communities. Transforming Care We’re redefining the standard for care with world-class doctors and caregivers, innovative solutions, outstanding outcomes, and leading-edge research and clinical trials.
Combined,
Advocate and
Aurora are recognized for clinical excellence in: Cardiovascular Care Neurosciences Gynecology Oncology Pediatrics Primary Care Neurology Geriatrics Trauma Care
